Jaap Hoeksma, philosopher of law and author of "The Democratisation of the Europoean Union", proposes an article in honour of Jürgen Habermas....
Filippo Terruso examines the growing role of regional and local authorities as actors in international diplomacy, in an article first published in open access on Springerlink.com on 7 November 2016....
Introduction Regional State aid (RSA) is presented by the European Commission as one of the main tools of cohesion policy. It allows Member States, by way of derogation from the general principle of t...
In a renewed period of international turbulence, Europe's democracies need rearming while conserving democratic values and soft power....
In recent decades, there has been significant growth in the number of regions in the world. And this in different forms: as a real level of government, as an economic entity or as an administrative co...
A presentation by Professor Charles Ricq at the symposium ‘Regions, cornerstones of a federal Europe’, Strasbourg, Council of Europe (5–7 June 2008), exploring the thinking of Denis de Rougemont. Gene...
On 16 July 2025, the Commission presented its proposal for a multiannual financial framework (MFF). On 3 September 2025, it adopted a second package of sectoral proposals, completing the framework for...
Proposal for a Multiannual Financial Framework of the European Commission : the end of Subsidiarity?
The European Commission presented on 16th July its proposal for an ambitious Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the next period 2028-2034 amounting to almost EUR 2 trillion (or 1,26% of the EU’...
Why Regions? Many people feel insecure because of the many challenges and different crises that are emerging at the same time, changes such as digitalization, AI and robotics that are accelerating, a ...
Maastricht, 6 and 7 July 2009 in order to make thorough preparations for the Conference of Ministers of the Interior of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe, to be held in Utrecht on 15–17 No...